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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Jess see Antoine drink from the vantage of the hidden staircase?

2. Jess notes it odd for Ben to have left behind which of the following?

3. As which of the following does Jess label her former employer?

4. At what train station does Jess arrive in Paris?

5. Which of the following does Sophie report having received for her second wedding anniversary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What opinion about Englishmen is voiced that Ben belies (37)?

2. What does Jess note might be a good motto for herself?

3. How does the novel explain the phrase "soleil de plomb"?

4. Why does Jess note smelling of vinegar when she arrives in Paris?

5. Nick notes that "Normally [during exercise], I'd sit here and do a class, or listen to a Ted Talk" (40)? Why does he not do so?

6. How do Jacque and Sophie describe Ben to one another after Sophie's first meeting with Ben?

7. What relationship do Jess and Ben have?

8. What reason does Antoine’s wife voice for not disclosing information to Jess?

9. What history of the building does Nick rehearse to Jess?

10. Why does Nick note liking to have few decorations out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming that The Paris Apartment should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, what is the worst misdeed in the novel? Why is it the worst?

Essay Topic 3

The crime on which the Meunier family fortune is based is of a particular sort. How would the novel differ were the crime of a different sort altogether? Why would it differ in that way?

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